William w



v N 0 M 0 d e l l v WWWWWWWWWWWWW f f MITTBN 0R GLOVE.

Patent 88888888888888 INITED STATES PATENT rtree.

VILLIAM XV. W'HITAKER, OF GLOVERSVILLE, ASSIGN OR OF EIGHTEEN TWENTY-FOURTHS TO EDWIN \W. WOOD, WILLIAM W. LAKE, JOHN J. WIT'IER, AND WARREN II. BOLES, ALL OF FORT PLAIN, NEW' YORK.

M ITTEN R G Lov'E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,847, dated July 8, 1884.

I Application filed December 7, 1883. (Nomodel.)

ence being had ,therein to the accompanying This'invention relatesto improvements in mittens and gloves and in the artof making them, it pertaining more especially to improvements in these articles when of the general character illustrated in my previous patents, Nos. 241,837, 241,838, 241,899, and 241,900, all dated Mayv 24, 1881, and Patent No. 265,902, dated October 10, 1882. The mitte in Patent No. 241,838 is shown ashaving a wo-ply wrist, a singly-ply back, a single-ply palm, and a thumb, all knit in one continuous piece and combined witha leather re-enforcing palm'. In Patents Nos. 241,899

and 241,900 mittens are shown having twoply wrists, two-ply backs, and thumbs, these in each case being all knit in one continuous piece.

I have found that under some circumstances it is much preferable to manufacture the mittens or gloves in a different way, although many of the general features set forth in the kaforesaid patents are preserved in my present method of manufacture.

The methodV of producing the article to which this case relates will be clearly underderstood by examining the drawings and following description.

Figure 1 is front view of a mitten made after this method. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side View of a tubular fabric from which the wrist portions are separately made. Fig. 4 is asection of the wrist portion prior to attaching itto the hand part and after one end has been turned within the other.- Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a mitten having al two-ply fabric back and a wrist secured thereto. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of a mitten having a knit fabric of the character shown in Fig. 5, and showing palm portion, a two-ply wrist-attached there- I to, and a leather palm enveloping the hand portion of the fabric and a portion of the Fig. 8 is a top view of the hand part Fig. 9

This is shown here as being knit with a sel` vage, a-that is to say', this palm portion is knit in the .shape of the handportion of an ordinary mitten. This, too, however, maybe made by cutting portionsof suitable length and size from a tubular fabric knitted continuously. Both folds or layers of the fabric are placed together, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to form a two-ply covering for the back.

C, Fig. 3,'represents a tube of knitted fabf ric of a diameter for the wrist portion of the mitten or glove. From this tube there is cut a piece of about twice the length of the wrist portion, as shown at C. One en d of each of these portions is turned inside of the other, as shown in Fig. 4, bringing the two edges suitably near together. After being so turned in, the two edges at the ends may be sewed or otherwise joined together. After one end has been turned inside of the other, the wrist portion thus produced is attached to the part A.

The joining may be effected in any suitable way. It can be done by means of stitches produced by sewing, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9, or may be effected by means of a knitting operation. Vhen the hand portion sents a knitted fabric portion of the palm.

and the wrist portion are of the character` making the mitten or glove the knitting apparatus used for producing the tubular fabric v for the wrist can be kept at that adjustment of parts which is necessary for giving the wrist its peculiar characteristic as aknitted fabric, the wrists generally having ribs and other features of ornamentation, and being much narrower than the hand part. Vhen these are made continuously in the manner set forth in my aforesaid patents, there is more or less variation of the needles during the operation of knitting, but by following the present method of manufacturing the wrist portion separately from the hand part, and, afterward securing it thereto, the needles need n ot be varied-that is to say, one machine may be used for producing the wrist part and another for producing the hand part, or the same machine may be used for both portions, the wrist beingknitted at one time and thehand parts at another. After the wrist portion and the hand part have been joined together, thc leather palm B is secured thereto. This palm may be of the character shown in any of my aforesaid patents, as shown, as edge pieces, which over' lap the edges of the fabric part A of the palm, and is provided with alining of soft material, as at Z), together with a thumb, b, and with a ilappiece, bi, at the wrist, which can be grasped when the mitten is to be pulled onto the hand.

ly referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 6 it will be seen that the leather portion extends upward far enough to be stitched to the wrist part, so that J(he leather assists in strengthening the Y joining of the wrist to the palm; but I do not wish myinvention to be limited to this feature.

In Figs. 7 and S I have shown a mitten having a fabric portion for the palm of a somewhat modified character. In this case one ply of the palm lies upon the front of the hand and the other ply upon therback. The wrist .portion C has its end around the end of the palm portion, so that when the latter is made with a selvage the surface upon the inside of the mitten shall be smoother than if cut edges were there exposed; but this, also, is not an essential part of the present improvement. In said Fig. 7 there is shown a leather palm, which envelops the whole of the fabric palmthat is to say, which extends over the back of the hand and well up on the wrist portion.

In Fig. 8 there is shown a portion of the palm and the wrist after they have been secured together and before the leather palm has been attached.

l. A mitten or glove having a knitted fabric hand poition, a two-ply knitted fabric wrist portion, C', knitted separately from the fabric portion for the hand, and subsequently secured thereto, in combination with a re-enforcing leather palm, substantially as dcscribcd.

2. A mitten or glove having a knitted fabric hand portion, and a two-ply knitted fabric wrist portion, C', narrower than the hand portion of the fabric and knitted separately there1 from, and subsequently secured thereto, substantially as set forth.

3. A mitten or glove having a knitted fabric hand portion, the knit fabric wrist portion formed separately from the hand portion, and a re-enforcing leather palm secured to the hand portion and extended beyond and across the line of union between the wrist and the hand fabric, and which is secured to the wrist by stitches or otherwise, whereby said leather palm assists in preventing the separation of the wrist fabric and the hand fabric, substantially as set forth. A

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TILLIAM XV. VHITAKER.

lVitnesscs:

XV. l). NVEsT, F. S. SnX'roN. 

